How does the presence of MMR deficiency affect your decision to treat with 3 versus 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy in high risk stage III colon cancer?
Does your decision for 3 vs 6 months of treatment change for low risk stage III colon cancer?
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Medical Oncology · Mayo Clinic
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For stage III dMMR colon cancer patients, oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy should be offered as standard of care based on meta-analysis and fluoropyrimidine-only adjuvant chemotherapy is not beneficial (Jin and Sinicrope, PMID 33467526. Cohen et al., PMID 33356421).
For high risk stage III co...
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